Whites (butterfly)
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Pieris, the whites, is a widespread genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae. Many species of this genus have caterpillars which feed on cabbage and other members of the Brassicaceae. The crop-damaging species have spread from Eurasia to most of the rest of the world and are considered pest insects almost everywhere.
The females of many Pieris butterflies are UV reflecting, while the male wings are strongly UV absorbing due to pigments in the scales (Lim & Li, 2005).
[edit] Notable species
- Arctic White, Pieris angelika
- Large White, Pieris brassicae
- Dark-veined White, Pieris bryoniae
- Indian Cabbage White, Pieris canidia
- Pieris cheiranthi
- Kashmir White, Pieris deota
- Pieris dubernardi
- Chumbi White, Pieris dubernardi chumbiensis
- Krueper's Small White, Pieris krueperi
- Green-banded White, Pieris krueperi devta
- Margined White, Pieris marginalis
- Reichel's Margined White, Pieris marginalis reicheli
- Pieris melete
- Naga White, Pieris naganum
- Green-veined White, Pieris napi
- Pieris ochsenheimeri
- Mustard White, Pieris oleraca
- Newfoundland White, Pieris oleracea frigida
- Small White, Pieris rapae
- West Virginia White, Pieris virginiensis
[edit] References
- Lim, M.L.M & Li, D. (2005). Extreme ultraviolet sexual dimorphism in jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 397-406. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00704.x
